ICIM is a nonprofit medical association of physicians dedicated to exploring and teaching integrative treatments to help our patients. Our 62nd meeting is coming up Sept. 8-11 in Toronto. This newsletter is designed to prepare attendees and continue discussions about the education we provide.

ICIMBeloved media personality Gifford Jones, MD, has been a hotel doctor, ship surgeon, family physician and excellent medical journalist, but above all he has been a visionary who always put his patients first and advocated on their behalf.
In his entertaining lecture, "90+ How I got here," Jones will discuss what he has learned in a long and varied career: from revolutionary discoveries often ignored by doctors to myths of cholesterol. Jones will be an inspiring start to ICIM's fall meeting, "Re-examining the Oath: Reversing nutrient depletion and iatrogenic toxicity" Sept. 9-11 in Toronto.
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What is the last thing our healthcare system needs? More cases of Type 2 diabetes. According to the Diabetes Association, more than 33 million people in North America suffer from diabetes. More millions are unaware they have pre-diabetes.

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Eat Well, Feel Well, Live Well Immuno Laboratories in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, is widely recognized as one of the leading food and environmental allergy testing facilities in the world. Since its inception, the company has conducted over 33 million food sensitivity tests with 97% of its physicians testing for ten years or more — a clear indication of physician and patient satisfaction.

Irritate to stimulate — that's the principle behind prolotherapy, a medical procedure that involves the injection of agents designed to promote healing. The approach has been used since the 1930s for the treatment of chronic musculoskeletal pain such as lower back pain — particularly
sacroiliac joint dysfunction — and chronic tendonitis/tendonosis of the shoulder, elbow, knee, ankle or temporomandibular joint. The injections raise the levels and/or effectiveness of growth factors and thus trigger the repair of soft tissue, e.g. ligaments and tendons. Because the
therapy stimulates the body to heal itself, it's a long-term solution rather than a palliative or suppressive measure.

You exercise, you eat well and feel lucky that you seem fitter and healthier than many of your contemporaries. Then a routine blood test shows an abnormally high white blood cell count. After more tests you get a diagnosis of CLL (chronic lymphocytic leukemia). CLL is a slow-growing form of blood cancer often picked up on a routine blood test in apparently healthy individuals.

After two long hard Chicago winters in a row where it seemed the holiday eating seasons never ended, I found myself looking in the mirror and not being too happy with the way my clothes were fitting. The first sign of warm weather a couple of weeks ago got me excited about my vegetable garden and fresh spring veggies in general. I've heard so many people talk about how they thrived on a raw vegan diet. When a colleague sent me a 10 day transformation program to try out that included a vegan protein powder, amino acid tablets, and cherry concentrate, I thought now may be a good time to see if I could do it.READ MORE

Nuts are a great snack not only because they're a great source of protein but they also have many other great health benefits. Nuts are filled with heart-healthy unsaturated fats and they're a good source of fiber as well as other vitamins and minerals too!READ MORE

Cribbing is when horses chew the wood away from their stalls. It is cured by giving them a salt block to lick. But not the kind of salt we use. They won't lick it unless it is sea salt, which contains the trace minerals they need and are craving. Pregnant women often crave weird food — probably craving for nutrients missing from their diet needed for the fetus to develop properly. A human equivalent of cribbing? Pica is when people eat weird stuff, like dirt, ice, etc. This could be another human version of cribbing. READ MORE

After graduating from the University of Georgia with a BS in nutrition, training and teaching Martial Arts for over 12 years, and being certified in Reiki, Oscar studied Chinese medicine and acupuncture by means of a formal apprenticeship for over four years with several practitioners in Atlanta. His approach to healing is by means of focusing on the patient rather than disease — this is holistic, patient-centered (and preventative) medicine. Oscar examines an individual's condition, constitution, outlook and environment before determining a diagnosis or pattern. READ MORE

Leila H. Zackrison, MD, has a Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and a Doctorate of Medicine from Loma Linda University, California. She did her internship and residency in internal medicine and rheumatology fellowship at Georgetown University Medical Center Washington, D.C. Zackrison is licensed in the Commonwealth of Virginia to practice medicine and surgery. She is board certified, a Fellow of the American College of Physicians, American College of Rheumatology, and Anti-Aging, Regenerative and Functional Medicine. She has been in private practice since 1993 treating patients nationwide.READ MORE

EDTA ChelationIn September 2011, organizations jointly announced the Million Hearts Initiative.
The goal is to prevent 1 million heart attacks and strokes over the next five years. Other groups such as the American Heart Association, the American College of Cardiology, the American Pharmacy Association and Walgreen drug stores quickly joined the effort.
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